Alice did not continue listening. She withdrew her gaze and focused on waiting for Klein to complete the ritual and hand things over to Sharon and Maric.
After watching Sharon and Maric leave, Klein turned his gaze to Alice.
Although he had already intended to take the opportunity to digest the Potion when he agreed to Sharon and Maric's request, Klein truly had not expected Alice's presence to have such a great impact.
So much so that Klein had even slightly regretted not inviting Alice to his previous "performance."
—It could make Alice happy while helping him digest the Potion. How wonderful would that be!
Of course, it was not too late to put it on the agenda now. As Klein planned to try frightening Alice after advancing to Trickmaster, he brought up the matter with her.
"My Potion has been fully digested."
Alice froze for a moment, then looked at him in surprise and asked,
"Doesn't that mean you need to prepare to advance to Sequence 4?"
The existence of Demigods and half-humans was a threshold for all Beyonders. At first, Alice had thought Klein would be stuck digesting the Potion for at least a few months, then spend another period stuck preparing the ritual and gathering materials. Though those overlapped somewhat, it would still take several months.
Now, a rare sense of urgency arose in Alice's heart. She sat up straight, feeling somewhat nervous.
Seeing her like this, Klein understood what she was thinking after only a brief consideration. He did not try to persuade Alice; in his view, it was a good thing for her to feel a little sense of urgency.
After all, he had always felt that Alice was too carefree.
After nodding, Klein looked at Alice and smiled.
"Yes. Other than gathering materials, I'm